Gov. Tom Corbett
is catching a ton of flak across the state and nation for saying employers are
having trouble finding qualified workers because so many fail drug tests.

But is
Corbett wrong?

Democrats think
he is – but may be taking his comments out of context – as they seek to pile on
a governor with some of the worst approval ratings in the country.

"Governor Corbett's response to his own failed
leadership on the economy shifts between making excuses and blaming and
insulting the people of Pennsylvania,” Reesa Kossoff, communications director for
Allyson Schwartz, a Democrat running for governor. “Either way, Pennsylvanians
know it's obviously time for a new governor."

It’s no
secret Attorney General Kathleen Kane has turned heads in Harrisburg since
taking office in January.

She closed a
gun purchase loophole that allowed state residents, barred from getting
handguns here, to apply for a permit in less-strict Sunshine state. Then she
tossed Gov. Tom Corbett’s plan to privatize Lottery’s management. She got pledges of more funding from lawmakers during budget appropriations hearings.

Well, it
turns out Kane is making waves on the national scene too. But not for her
political and law enforcement work.

When the Pennsylvania
legislature is in session, numerous “NONCONTROVERSIAL” resolutions usually sail
through the House.

These are commemorative
items all lawmakers, regardless of party, can agree on. They deal with naming
bridges after dignitaries, declaring a day of the week after a flower, or
honoring the memory of a fallen soldier or public safety officer.

All say, aye,
nearly every time.

But on
Wednesday, a noncontroversial resolution on the "Iron Lady"
was anything but.

April 15 is the deadline to file
your taxes. It can be stressful time for those who procrastinate -- especially
if the state computer network crashes as it did today.

The major computer malfunction hit
Pennsylvania’s computer network, knocking out websites for several hours. But have
no fears, procrastinators, you will not be punished.

As a result, state Revenue Secretary
Dan Meuser announced the department will not impose penalties or interest on
personal income tax returns filed that were unable to be filed by the April 15
deadline.

“Since Pennsylvanians were
unexpectedly unable to access ‘padirectfile,’ tax forms and our Online Customer
Service Center on our website for a few hours today, in the interest of
customer service, we won’t penalize anyone who files a return by midnight,
Tuesday, April 16.”

The computer problems began around 1
p.m. and affected everything from the Revenue Department to the governor’s
office. Problems were fixed by 5 p.m.

Gov. Tom Corbett left on a three-day trade mission to South
America on Saturday.

It’s the perfect place to go this time of year because it’s
probably the only place in the western hemisphere where he won’t bump into a Democrat
who wants his job.

Now there’s officially another one.

Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz backed up her verbal
assurances that she is running for governor by filing her official paperwork on
Monday as a candidate to take on the first-term incumbent and his abysmal
approval ratings.

That makes three official candidates and bunch of rumored
maybes, perhaps, thinking about it.

The other declared Democrats are John Hanger of Dauphin
County, former secretary of the Environmental Protection Department, and Tom Wolf
of York County, a wealthy businessman and former Revenue Department secretary.

Wolf (that's him to the left) had been serving as “acting secretary” after
the October resignation of his embattled boss Eli Avila who never quite lived
down his public argument over an egg sandwich or his zeal to act like a tough
cop.